For Kids
The luck of the Irish will be with you when you celebrate with these books to read together or to read on your own!
Books to Read Together
A Fine St. Patrick's Day
By Susan Wojciechowski, illustrated by Tom Curry
Random House, 2004 (Ages 5-8)
Fiona's Luck
By Teresa Bateman, illustrated by Kelly Murphy
Charlesbridge, 2007 (Ages 5-8)
The Leprechaun’s Gold
By Pamela Duncan, illustrated by Henry Cole
Katherine Tegen Books, 2004 (Ages 4-8)
The Luckiest St. Patrick's Day Ever!
By Teddy Slater, illustrated by Ethan Long
Scholastic, 2007 (Ages 4-8)
Lucky Tucker
By Leslie McGuirk
Candlewick, 2008 (Ages 2-5)
The Night Before St. Patrick's Day
By Natasha Wing, illustrated by Amy Wummer
Grosset & Dunlap, 2009 (Ages 5-8)
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
By Tomie dePaola
Holiday House, 1992 (Ages 4-8)
Shannon and the World's Tallest Leprechaun
By Sean Callahan, illustrated by Kathleen Hadam Kemly
Albert Whitman, 2008 (Ages 6-9)
St. Patrick's Day
By Anne F Rockwell, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell
HarperCollins, 2010 (Ages 4-7)
St. Patrick's Day Countdown
By Salina Yoon
Price Stern Sloan, 2006 (Ages 0-3)
St. Patrick's Day Crafts
By Carol Gnojewski
Enslow, 2004 Ages (6-10)
Too Many Leprechauns: Or How That Pot O' Gold Got to the End of the Rainbow
By Stephen Krensky, illustrated by Dan Andreasen
Simon & Schuster, 2007 (Ages 4-8)
Beginning Readers
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
By Heather Miller
Enslow, 2006 (Ages 8-11)
Good Luck!: A St. Patrick's Day Story
By Joan Holub, illustrated by Terry Will
Aladdin, 2007 (Ages 5-8)
It's St. Patrick's Day!
By Rebecca Gómez, illustrated by Mary Morgan
Scholastic, 2003 (Ages 5-8)
The King with Horse’s Ears and Other Irish Folktales
By Batt Burns, illustrated by Igor Oleynikov
Sterling, 2009 (Ages 8-12)
Leprechauns and Irish Folklore
By Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce
Random House, 2010, (Ages 7-12)
Leprechaun in Late Winter
By Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Random House, 2010 (Ages 7-12)
The Luck of the Irish
By Margaret McNamara, illustrated by Mike Gordon
Aladdin, 2007 (Ages 5-8)
Georgia's Greatness
By Lauren Baratz-Logsted, illustrated by Lisa Weber
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 (Ages 6-10)
St. Patrick's Day
By Dorothy Rhodes Freeman
Enslow, 2008 (Ages 8-10)
St. Patrick's Day: Parades, Shamrocks, and Leprechauns
By Elaine Landau
Enslow, 2002 (Ages 7-9)